Thursday, June 24, 2010

Greetings from Paradise

My niece, Jenn, loves the beach, so when I saw the Paper Crafts Go-To Sketch Challenge #4, I immediately thought of replacing the scallops along the top and the rectangular strip running down the right side with a palm tree. Here's the sketch:

And here's my take on it:

To create this card, I first stamped the clouds onto white card stock. I filled in the clouds on the bottom of the stamp with distress ink to create the horizon line. After cutting out my palm tree and waves with my Cricut, I used VersaMark ink to stamp a different pattern onto each piece. I also distressed all of the tree's edges. This added both texture and pattern to the card. After tearing the kraft card stock, I stamped the shell. Again, I used VersaMark ink to ink up the edges and add some depth to my sand. Finally, I stamped the sentiment and hung it from the tree using a bit of twine.

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Some 25 years ago, my husband gave me the most beautiful gift -- his last name. Many people often comment on how nice my name is and point out that my last name means "eternal." When I started making cards I began using a play on words for my signature and instead of signing "eternally yours" on the back, I used "Eterno-ly yours." That became my creative signature and there was no second guessing what I would name this blog!